The money network:

The money network:

Why crowdfunding threatens traditional bank lending

China’s $1.7 trillion hangover

China’s $1.7 trillion hangover

Up to 40% of China’s $1.7 trillion LGFV loans are at high risk of default. What’s a panicking Beijing to do?

July 2006

Western Europe



Euromoney Awards for excellence 2006
Austria
I Belguim I France I Germany I Greece I Ireland I Italy I Luxembourg I Netherlands I Portugal I Spain I Switzerland I United Kingdom

BEST BANK: BNP Paribas
BEST INVESTMENT BANK: Deutsche Bank
BEST DEBT HOUSE: Barclays Capital
BEST EQUITY HOUSE: Credit Suisse
BEST M&A HOUSE: Lehman Brothers
BEST AT CASH MANAGEMENT: Citigroup
BEST AT INVESTOR SERVICES: ABN Amro Mellon
BEST AT PROJECT FINANCE: Royal Bank of Scotland
BEST AT RISK MANAGEMENT: BNP Paribas

The rise of BNP Paribas to the highest echelons of European banking is now complete. Today the French bank has a lot more than its first-class debt capital markets business and excellent position in France to boast about.

BNP Paribas’ €9 billion acquisition of Italy’s Banca Nationale del Lavoro in February 2006 transformed the bank into one of the few in Europe to have a meaningful grip on two sizeable national markets. BNP Paribas is well...


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